239: Chapter 239 God-level Mothership Acquired, Alien Assistant Stunned!
Inside the porthole of the messenger.
Su Che tilted his head, watching the behemoth that was still manifesting.
It was a ship.
But the word "ship" couldn't even begin to encompass its scale.
Visually, it was over ten kilometers long, with a hull height of two to three thousand meters.
It squeezed out from the distorted space inch by inch, obscuring the vast sea of stars behind it.
Genesis, it was too big.
So big that, in front of it, the messenger was like a dragonfly landing on the deck of an aircraft carrier.
The silver-gray hull had no visible seams, as if it were a whole entity that had grown naturally.
A layer of visible energy radiance flowed slowly over the surface of the hull, masking the vast sea of stars behind it.
The Star Speaker stood beside him, his tone filled with respect.
"This is the mothership that Kairos has gifted to you, sir."
"Its name," the Star Speaker paused, "is 'Genesis'."
Su Che opened his mouth, swallowing back the "holy crap" that was already at the tip of his tongue.
As an envoy of a Level 4 Civilization, how could he lose his composure over a junk ship from a Level 3 Civilization?
"Except for the one hundred accompanying researchers and supplies, the rest of the crew on Genesis will return to Kairos with the messenger."
"Are you assuming I can operate it all by myself?"
Su Che withdrew his gaze from Genesis, his tone indifferent.
"Given your civilization's tier, piloting a late-stage Level 3 Civilization ship should not be a difficult task."
The Star Speaker replied as a matter of course.
Su Che cursed inwardly, but his face remained impassive.
"After all personnel have evacuated, apart from the first hatch, the remaining ninety-nine hatches of the mothership will automatically lock," the Star Speaker added.
"What functions does the first hatch have?"
"Basic life support, basic shields, basic stealth, basic radar, basic communication systems, basic gravity regulation, a basic warehouse, and a shuttle capable of carrying twenty people."
"There are also some other basic functions; most importantly, the entire ship's language mode has been automatically translated into Earth languages," the Star Speaker added.
Su Che caught the key point, "Does it not include navigation functions?"
"Yes," the Star Speaker bowed slightly, "The mothership can currently only remain in a fixed orbit and cannot move; subsequent functions require you to unlock them personally."
Su Che clenched his fingers into a fist.
A ten-plus-kilometer target that couldn't move and had no weapons—if the Tayake Civilization fleet really came, this thing would just be a fancy coffin.
"Is this a test from Kairos for me?" Su Che pointed out directly.
The Star Speaker did not deny it, but replied respectfully.
"The unlocking progress of the mothership depends entirely on you, Chief. I believe that with your capabilities, you have your own ways to resolve the threat from the Tayake Civilization."
"Understood," Su Che waved his hand, "The Tayake Civilization are merely ants; there's really no need for you to worry about them."
He already had a new plan in mind.
Those one hundred Kairos scientists and engineers, along with that massive amount of rare materials, could not be kept in the capital.
Kaitian Base and Pangu Laboratory were already several eras behind in the face of Level 3 Civilization technology.
Moreover, the capital was too densely populated, making security difficult to maintain, and the risks of high-level experiments could not be controlled.
Su Family Village.
His father had mentioned last time that the village had been built into a modern new countryside, and many of the black technologies he had developed were already being used there.
As long as the large-scale infrastructure was upgraded, it would be a perfect closed research base.
The location was remote, providing a natural barrier for secrecy.
In the future, he would set up a Zhulong production base there, a Sub-nanometer Quantum Chip production base, and build new interstellar laboratories, interstellar factories, and so on.
He would turn Su Family Village into Earth's first interstellar village.
With this thought settled, Su Che no longer dwelled on the issue of unlocking the mothership.
He boarded the docking passage of Genesis. Hundreds of blue-skinned Kairos crew members on the mothership were lining up to evacuate. As they passed by Su Che, every one of them performed the highest honor of the chest-touching salute.
After the handover was complete, the Star Speaker bowed to Su Che one last time at the hatch of the messenger.
"Chief, the messenger will jump and return in twenty minutes. I wish you all the best on your home planet."
The hatch closed.
Su Che turned around, facing the one hundred Kairos scientists and engineers who remained on Genesis.
They were of both genders, all looking very young, with no signs of age visible.
"Your ages..." Su Che was a bit curious.
A male Kairos scientist standing in the front row replied, "Reporting to you, Chief, the base lifespan of us Kairos people starts at one thousand Earth years."
Starting at one thousand years old.
Su Che was incredibly envious; it seemed that inside Genesis, there must be good things that could extend human lifespan.
"I need a personal assistant to handle daily chores and pilot the shuttle to take me to and from Earth." Su Che's gaze swept over the crowd.
He certainly didn't know how to fly this thing.
As soon as he finished speaking, the one hundred Kairos experts became instantly excited, raising their hands one after another.
"Chief, choose me! My piloting skills are top-notch in the entire research department!"
"Me! I am more familiar with Earth's gravitational environment parameters!"
For them, being able to become the personal assistant to an envoy of a Level 4 Civilization was the highest honor.
Su Che's gaze landed on a female scientist; her height and facial contours, apart from the blue skin, were closest to those of Earth humans.
"You it is. What is your name?"
"Kaira, Chief." The female scientist named Kaira was so excited that her voice trembled slightly.
"Very good." Su Che waved his hand at the others, "Everyone, please settle down on the mothership for now. Once your relocation work on Earth is finalized, Kaira will bring you over."
After settling everyone, Su Che began to familiarize himself with the one percent of the mothership that had already been unlocked.
Although it was only basic functions, the interior space was still terrifyingly vast.
Especially the living and accommodation areas, which were divided into A, B, C, and D grade zones. He didn't count how many living cabins there were; in any case, there were too many to count.
He walked to the main control hall and brought up the parameters of the basic radar.
Precision detection range: 10 billion kilometers.
It wasn't much different from the luan bird's Global Deep Space Quantum Radar, but for them, this was just the most basic version.
The performance parameters of the basic shields and stealth systems directly exceeded the top-spec version of the luan bird.
Finally, he walked into the so-called "basic warehouse."
As soon as the door opened.
Su Che was drooling.
Mountains of various rare metals, composite materials, and energy crystals filled the huge warehouse, which was comparable to a football field.
He couldn't name ninety-nine percent of the items.
But his gaze locked onto two piles of neatly stacked supplies in the corner.
One of the piles consisted of dark silver particles, sealed in transparent containers the size of a fist.
Void Coordination Matter!
Back then, to upgrade the new Zhulong, he had spent two million independent points just to get 0.5 grams.
The pile in front of him was measured in kilograms! It was enough for him to build thousands of new Zhulong, with more than half remaining to supply the research and manufacturing of other various projects.
The other pile consisted of special dielectric plates emitting a faint glow.
Quantum Ultimate Isolation Medium!
He had spent three million independent points just to get one Quantum Lithography Machine, which meant he had always been sparing with his Sub-nanometer chips.
Now, the reserves here were enough to arm thousands of production lines, making Sub-nanometer chips as cheap as cabbage!
Kairos... this sincerity, it was too much!
Su Che stroked his chest, calming his wildly beating heart.
He walked to the main console and activated the encrypted communication system of Genesis, easily accessing Earth's official network.
He dialed General Shen Wangchuan's private line.
The call connected, and General Shen Wangchuan's weary but still steady voice came through from the other end.
"Chief Engineer Su?"
"General Shen, it's me. The solution to resolve the L2 anchor point and the threat from the Tayake Civilization fleet has been finalized."
"So fast? How do we..."
Su Che interrupted him, "Wait for me at the Xishan Command Center; I will tell you in person."
"Also, I will be flying over in an alien ship and landing at Xishan Airport. Take it easy, and for heaven's sake, don't open fire on me."
The communication ended.
Su Che, accompanied by his new assistant Kaira, boarded the shuttle parked in the hangar.
Kaira skillfully operated the ship, silently detaching from the mothership Genesis and flying towards the blue planet on the other side of the moon.
The entire journey was a conventional power cruise, taking less than twenty minutes.
...
Beijing, Xishan Military Airport.
General Shen Wangchuan had just stepped out of his official vehicle, the cold wind whipping the corners of his general's coat.
The entire airport had been cleared; ground crew and security forces were all in position, and the atmosphere was heavy.
Before long, at the edge of the sky, an impossibly stable flight trajectory appeared.
A streamlined ship, about thirty to forty meters long, with not a single screw or seam to be found on its entire body, slowly cut into the atmosphere.
It lacked the sharpness of the Xuan-Nu fighter that tore through the air, and it didn't have the overbearing pressure of the White Emperor fighter.
The feeling it gave was one of extreme elegance and composure, as if deep space were its home field, and the atmosphere was just a pond to step over while passing by.
Everyone present had seen the national treasures of the Nantianmen Fleet, but at this moment, seeing this creation from a Level 3 Civilization with their own eyes, their hearts still couldn't help but beat wildly.
That was a visible generational gap.
It was the most intuitive crushing of a lower-level civilization by a higher-dimensional civilization in terms of industrial aesthetics and technological tier.
The shuttle maintained a steady posture, aligning precisely with the runway and landing slowly.
The entire process was without a hint of hesitation or shaking.
The ship stopped steadily in the center of the runway, silent and motionless.
With a slight sound of airtight pressure release, the hatch slowly opened.
Two figures, one after the other, walked out.
Leading them was none other than Su Che.
Following closely behind was Kaira, with her tall figure and pure blue skin.
General Shen Wangchuan's pupils contracted in an instant.
The eyes of everyone at the airport also focused on that strange alien figure.
This was the first time they had come face-to-face with a real alien life form at such close range.
The air solidified at this moment.